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J.R.PALMENBBR G. SHOW STANDlv I No. 358,475. l Patented Mar. 1,'1887.

l INVENT F\ N. PETERS, Phnwumugraplwr, Wnsmngten. ELCA UNITED STATES`PATENT OEEICE.

JOSEPH B.' PALMENBERG, OF NEW YORK, N. Y. I

SHOW- STAND.

SPECIFICATION orming part of Letters Patent No, 358,475, dated March 1,1857.

Application filed January 4, 188,7. Serin-l No. 223,351.

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH R. PALMEN- BERG, a citizen of the'UnitedStates, residing at New York, in the county and State of New York, haveinvented a new and Improved Show-Stand, of which the following is aspecifloat-ion. A

This invention relates to a stand for displaying drygoods, and soconstructed that the standard or support is located, not in the rear ofthe stand, as heretofore generally constructed, but in the centerthereof. In this way the weight is evenly distributed in the front andrear of the standard.

The invention consists in the various features of improvementhereinafter more fully pointed out.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents a perspective View ofiny improved show-stand. Fig. 2 is a detailed vertical section throughone of the caps c.

The letter a represents a standard project` ing upwardly. from foot b.The standard a is surrounded by three (more or less) sockets, c, made inthe form of a cross-that is, composed of a pair of tubes crossing atright angles. These sockets may be clamped in place by set-screws d.

Into the lateral arms of sockets c there enter rods e, as shown, andthese rods are surrounded at their ends by caps e', clamped in place byset-screws g. Each of the caps e is provided at its upper end With twoparallelv lugs, c", placed at right angles to such cap, as shown.

Between every pair of lugs e there is in- (No model.)

troduced a rack, f, which is held in place by a pin, and which projectsan equal distance to the front and rear of rod e and extendsat rightangles to such rod, as shown. The racks f may be set at any desiredinclination by loosening screws g and turning caps e.

Into the teeth of the racks f there are placed the parallel bars 7L, onein front and one in the rear of upright c, and adapted to support thegoods to be displayed.

It will be seen that by this construction one half of thesupporting-surface is placed in the front and the other half is placedAin the rear of standard a, and thus the proper equilibrium ismaintained.

If the4 racks f are inclined, the bars h may be shifted to maintain theequilibrium.

l. The combination of standard c and foot b with the cross-shapedsockets c, surrounding standard a and having clamp-screws d, and withthe rods e, entering sockets c and projecting laterally from standard a,and with the racksf, supported by rods e and projecting to the front andrear of such rods, substantially as specified.

2. The combination of standard a, foot b, socket c, and rods e. with thecaps e', having lugs c and screws g, aud with the racks f, secured tosuch lugs and carrying bars h, substantially as specified.

- J. R. PALMENBERG.

Witnesses:

F. v. BRiEsEN,

ALFRED JoNGHMANs.

